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Category Archives: Living in Love and Faith
What colour should it be? ‘Furthering’ Living in Love and Faith
Pllaying with words is so much easier than thinking about the people whose lives are most affected by the continued inertia of the Church of England. Continue reading
The Third Province: Welcome to Mercia
Mercia? I wonder how many of those who read this blog realise that the ‘third province’ which some conservative evangelicals are promoting already has a name, even though it doesn’t exist? These conservatives say they are willing to remain in … Continue reading
‘We need the theology’: what has now been released, and does it answer the real questions?
Unusually, with the next General Synod not until February, last Wednesday Synod members received the four key documents on Living in Love and Faith (LLF) which the House of Bishops had been sent before their 15 October meeting – the … Continue reading
Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage
Tagged Bible, Divorce, doctrine, homosexuality, House of Bishops, legal advice, risk, sexuality
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Living in Love and Faith, October 2025: What’s changed?
Like many others, I have been reflecting on the 15 October House of Bishops announcement, which appears to say that Living in Love and Faith (LLF) has ground to a halt, with no change to the welcome given to lesbian and … Continue reading
This week in Living in Love and Faith: On the Alliance Campaign Manual
It’s been quite a week for Living in Love and Faith news. Yesterday, an update from the House of Bishops putting everything on hold. It was clear when the staff team for LLF was modified a few months back, with the new … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance, CEEC, eucharist, House of Bishops, liturgy, ordination, Prayers of Love and Faith, training
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Is there a quorum in the House of Bishops?
Just when you’d have thought that the dust had settled from Dr Ros Clarke’s Private Member’s Motion calling for an independent governance and culture review of the House of Bishops, finally the minutes appear from the May 2025 meeting of the House; so, now, … Continue reading
Implementation? Another week, another Living in Love and Faith statement
With my history, both with the production of the LLF resources and then on one of the earlier LLF Working Groups, I probably know as much about the history of LLF as anyone. But I still find out that there is information I had missed.
That was the case again today. Continue reading
Ceasefire?
Is a ‘pause’ what the Living in Love and Faith process needs now? Continue reading
Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, Shared Conversations
Tagged Bible, General Synod, homosexuality, ordination, sexuality, war
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Another one bites the dust: resignation, LLF … and murder?
updated (bits in bold) 15 June 2025 Friday 6 June was ‘interesting’, in the ‘may you live in interesting times’ sense. I wasn’t at home but my phone kept registering messages. The first was drawing my attention to the Church … Continue reading
Living in parched places: February 2025 General Synod
I’m just back from a five-day Synod in central London. And, not for the first time, I’m wondering what the point of it all is. That’s exacerbated by being aware of some blatant attempts at manipulation, with the days and … Continue reading
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